Anthropic’s Claude Code, an AI-powered coding assistant, executed destructive commands against a live production database ...

Story has a happy ending of sorts, but should serve as a cautionary tale.

AI systems still lack the judgment to understand when commands will cause catastrophic damage — and without strict controls and recovery plans, your data could be in danger. AI systems have made work ...

There is big money tied to personal information, much of it bought and sold by data brokers. Now, a new California law is giving residents more control over where their data ends up. Gov. Gavin Newsom ...

SAN DIEGO — California residents now have a new way to protect their personal information from data brokers—companies that collect and sell consumer data—through a state platform. The platform, called ...

Californians can now stop data brokers from selling their personal information through a new state program. The Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, or DROP, is a one-stop website that allows ...

State election officials may soon use a controversial U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services database to trim voter registration lists. Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen signed an agreement with ...

We want this everywhere: The data brokerage industry quietly trades in some of the most intimate details of people's lives, often without their knowledge or meaningful consent. Now, a new tool could ...

California is giving residents a new tool that should make it easier for them to limit data brokers’ ability to store and sell their personal information. While state residents have had the right to ...

Californians can now put a stop to their personal data being sold around on an online trading floor, thanks to a new free tool. On January 1, the state launched its Delete Request and Opt-out Platform ...

COMING UP. NOW BACK OVER TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. CALIFORNIA IS TAKING ANOTHER STEP TO STRENGTHEN ITS DIGITAL PRIVACY. STARTING TODAY, RESIDENTS CAN REQUEST TO MORE THAN 500 DIFFERENT DATA ...

California just gave its 40 million residents a permanent delete button for a largely covert part of the personal data economy. On New Year’s Day, a government website opened to let Californians ...